“The Ravens are either tired of being on the wrong end of ineligible receiver penalties, or Raven’s owner Steve Bisciotti has stake in a pinnie manufacturing company.”
The NFL sees rule changes every offseason, with intent to either make the game safer, simplified or more enjoyable. The one proposed by the Baltimore Raven’s probably isn’t clearing the cut.
The Ravens proposal would require an ineligible player (numbers 50-79 and 90-99) who goes into the game as an eligible receiver to “wear a jersey vest matching the team uniform, with an appropriate number for his eligible or ineligible status that has not already been assigned to another teammate.”
Ravens propose requiring receivers becoming eligible/ineligible “to wear jersey vests with numbers appropriate for their positions.”
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 17, 2016
@AlbertBreer Patriots make a counter-proposal requiring Ravens players and coaches to wear diapers like the whinging piss-babies they are. — Ballsy Sad Guy (@AtDawnTheyTweet) March 17, 2016
The Ravens might also just be trying to prove a point after two years of struggles with the rule. The Patriots got the better of them in the playoffs two years ago, and last year they had a completed pass to offensive lineman John Urschel waved off because the referee didn’t recognize him as eligible. The league admitted they screwed up the second one, but it’s clearly a rule that coach John Harbaugh has spent a lot of time thinking about.